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Dion And The Belmonts - So Why Didn't You Do That The First Time

Bridging the era between late-'50s rock and the British Invasion, Dion DiMucci (born July 18, 1939) was one of the top white rock singers of his time, blending the best elements of doo wop, teen idol, and R&B styles. Some revisionists have tried to cast him as a sort of early blue-eyed soul figure, although he was probably more aligned with pop/rock, at first as the lead singer of the Belmonts, and then as a solo star. Drug problems slowed him down in the mid-'60s, yet he made some surprisingly interesting progressions into blues-rock and folk-rock as the decade wore on, culminating in a successful comeback in the late '60s, although he was unable to sustain its commercial and artistic momentum for long. 

When Dion began recording in the late '50s, it was as the lead singer of a group of friends who sang on Bronx street corners. Billing themselves as Dion & the Belmonts (Dion had released a previous single with the Timberlanes), their first few records were prime Italian-American doo wop; "I Wonder Why" was their biggest hit in this style. His biggest single with the Belmonts was "A Teenager in Love," which pointed the way for the slightly self-pitying, pained odes to adolescence and early adulthood that would characterize much of his solo work. 

Dion went solo in 1960 (the Belmonts did some more doo wop recordings on their own), moving from doo wop to more R&B/pop-oriented tunes with great success. He handled himself with a suave, cocky ease on hits like "The Wanderer," "Runaround Sue," "Lovers Who Wander," "Ruby Baby," and "Donna the Prima Donna," which cast him as either the jilted, misunderstood youngster or the macho lover, capable of handling anything that came his way (on "The Wanderer" especially).



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   1. (00:02:47) 01 Dion - The Wanderer (alt.)
   2. (00:01:55) 02 Dion And The Belmonts - My Private Joy (alt.)
   3. (00:02:24) 03 Dion - Moon River
   4. (00:02:29) 04 Dion - Ain't That Better Baby
   5. (00:02:06) 05 Dion And The Belmonts - 05 - Every little thing I do
   6. (00:01:56) 06 Dion And The Belmonts - We Went Away
   7. (00:02:09) 07 Dion And The Belmonts - Come Take A Walk With Me
   8. (00:02:37) 08 Dion - In A Room
   9. (00:02:26) 09 Dion - Lovers Who Wander (alt.)
  10. (00:01:53) 10 Dion And The Belmonts - Tag Along
  11. (00:02:27) 11 Dion - Crying
  12. (00:02:13) 12 Dion - I Was Never Meant To Be
  13. (00:01:52) 13 Dion And The Belmonts - Will You Love Me Still
  14. (00:02:59) 14 Dion And The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love (alt.)
  15. (00:02:14) 15 Dion And The Belmonts - That's How I Need You
  16. (00:02:37) 16 Dion - Baby What You Want Me To Do



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